After reaching the $85 limit per barrel earlier this week, oil prices went shortly last night over $90 at the New York Mercantile Exchange (NYMEX). This is explained by many factors such as geopolitical tensions or the exceptional weakness of the dollar as it reached a record level of $1.43 against the euro. As we …
According to various sources, including CNN Money and Challenges, the French company Suez sold for 3.3 billion Euros worth of electricity during auctions in Brazil. The electricity will be generated by a dam that the company is currently building in collaboration with local companies. The project will be ready by 2012. This project is due …
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The International Energy Agency released this week an interesting paper on energy efficiency and its importance. According to an IEA executive :“Improving energy efficiency is the most cost-effective concrete action governments can take in the short term to address climate change and energy security concerns” I propose in this article the main statements and findings …
Oil prices have been increasing for weeks and a new record was just set in London and New York as oil prices reached $85 and even $86 per barrel today. This is due to some tensions occurring between Turkey and Iraq. This is an occasion to get back to an article on oil that was …
Today’s major event is the Nobel Peace Prize, which goes to the International Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) and to Al Gore, for their tireless work on raising the public awareness on man-made climate change. This recognizes in perhaps the best possible way that global warming has to be fought against. The Nobel Committee was …
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Ce mois-ci fut pour moi l’occasion d’écrire en Français plus que d’habitude et de proposer un long article sur les émissions de gaz à effet de serre selon la source d’énergie utilisée. Les principaux évènements furent la réunion des pays de la région Asie Pacifique (APEC) et les préparatifs au sein des Nations Unies des …
For this month’s cultural break – with some late, again – I would like to talk to you about the latest Pixar animation movie, Ratatouille. I had the opportunity and pleasure to see it two weeks ago with Qat and his family. The least I can say is that we really enjoyed it. From the …
After nearly three days, this blog is back on the web, and fully working. As I upgraded to the newest WordPress 2.3 version, I took the opportunity to improve some things. This is done in order to allow you to browse this blog in a more comfortable, and to find quicker the data you are …
This week-end was held in Slovenia the seventh European Symposium for the protection of the night sky. This is the occasion to have a look at the lightning of our cities at night. As more lights mean more greenhouse gases emissions, we will have to reduce the amount of lightning to fight climate change. The …
Fifty years ago, on October fourth, 1957, the first human-made satellite begun its orbiting around our planet. This was a major event as it launched a race to space between the two super powers of this era, the United States and the USSR. (now the Russian Federation). The image of the day by the NASA …
